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JP Flores

I am interested in 3D genome organization and data visualization. I’m passionate about innovation in science and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Education

PhD Candidate, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

UNC Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

2025 - 2021

Graduate Certificate in Innovation for the Public Good

BA, Cellular & Molecular Biology (Public Health Minor)

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

2021 - 2017

Research Experiences

Graduate Research Assistant

Phanstiel Lab (UNC-CH School of Medicine)

Chapel Hill, NC

2025 - 2022

Using computational and wet-lab techniques to investigate the role of 3D chromatin structure in response to environmental stress
Developing a user interface for the R/Bioconductor data visualization package, plotgardener

Undergraduate Researcher

Schulz Lab (Occidental College Department of Biology)

Los Angeles, CA

2021 - 2017

Utilize techniques such as DNA isolation, PCR, gel electrophoresis, and HPLC to find medical relevance of venom
Conduct fieldwork in Kauai to study and capture venomous cone snails

Data Science Intern

University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Sorenson Impact Center

Salt Lake City, UT

2021 - 2020

Work alongside the data science team to provide customized data analysis for clients, write code, learn best practices around data sharing and security, as well as create data visualizations and dashboards. Familiarity with Tidyverse set of packages within the R programming language

Featured Work

The role of 3D chromatin structure in response to environmental stress

McDaniel College Department of Biology

Westminster, MD

2023

the people of posit: bringing personality to R packages

posit::conf(2023)

Chicago, IL

2023

Student-Equity-Centric: A Vision for the Future of Higher Education (2021)